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Interview: Peter Strickland

By Violet Lucca
June 4, 2013
Inside the world of Berberian Sound Studio with its film- and music-besotted director

Rep Diary: Robert Aldrich and Burt Lancaster

By Nick Pinkerton
May 31, 2013
Behind the über-masculine collaboration that spawned a ferocious history of the West in Apache, Vera Cruz, and Ulzana’s Raid

Cannes by Koehler: The Owners & Ate ver a luz

By Robert Koehler
May 31, 2013
The politics of looking through the eyes of another, in this final dispatch

Review: Shadow Dancer

By Jared Eisenstat
May 30, 2013
James Marsh’s restrained IRA thriller puts people above politics—even if its characters don’t

Festivals: Oberhausen

By Agnieszka Gratza
May 29, 2013
Highlights from the 59th edition of the venerable short film festival

Review: Hannah Arendt

By Henry Giardina
May 28, 2013
Margarethe von Trotta’s biographical film restages the question of moral—and critical—initiative

Cannes by Koehler: You and the Night

By Robert Koehler
May 27, 2013
Yann Gonzalez’s feature debut announces a supremely gifted young artist is in the house

Cannes Roundtable Two

By Film Comment
May 25, 2013
Gavin Smith, Alexander Horwath, Todd McCarthy, Jonathan Romney, Marco Grosoli, and Joumane Chahine discuss the bias towards lesbian sex scenes, potential d'Or winners, and the 75 percent effort syndrome

Critical Dialogue: Frances Ha

By Max Nelson
May 24, 2013
Modern love, same as New Wave love? Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach collaborate with their cinematic precursors

Cannes by Koehler: Stranger by the Lake

By Robert Koehler
May 24, 2013
Sex on the beach yields cinematic excellence in the hands of under-recognized auteur Alain Guiraudie